Well due to all the dodgy signups, I have decided to only accept european members to cfdeveloper now as I do not have problems with europe. I verify US and Canada if it looks legit. It's other countries that signup with bull details.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Simon Horwith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 12 October 2003 01:54 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Valid address checker > > > keep in mind that, like I said, there is a certain degree of > risk involved in using services like these... unless you > either don't need to be too accurate or they actually > guarantee accuracy (which they don't). That said, in the UK > a web service like this is probably rather accurate. I > wouldn't recommend this approach in the U.S. - streets are > added far too often and there are too many roads already > there... you shouldn't expect better than a 60 to 70 (at > best) percent accuracy rate. One other alternative is to take > whatever word they type and use verity to do a soundex on it. > It it's not a real word or a derivitive of one, it's probably fake. > > ~Simon > > Simon Horwith > CTO, Etrilogy Ltd. > Member of Team Macromedia > Macromedia Certified Instructor > Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer > Certified Flash MX Developer > CFDJList - List Administrator > http://www.how2cf.com/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ellwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 11 October 2003 23:49 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Valid address checker > > > I think so.. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Snake Hollywood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 11 October 2003 23:43 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Valid address checker > > Very nice :-) > > Does this just do UK addresses ? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: NTL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 11 October 2003 21:45 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Valid address checker > > > > > > If there is a free one then I would love to know. There are > plenty of > > really expensive alternatives such as GBGroup, Quick > Address, etc that > > use dll's called via cfc and com. > > > > There is however, a site available that I worked on > recently that have > > their own address finder which you might find it useful to use > > (inadvertantly that is). The code that may or may not work ;-) is as > > follows: > > > > <!--- Find the address ---> > > <CFOBJECT action="CREATE" > > class="MSXML2.XMLHTTP" name="objXMLSend" type="COM"> > > <CFSET PostCode = Replace(Trim(attributes.PostCode)," > > ","","ALL")> > > <CFSET Premise = attributes.Premise> > > <CFSET str_PostData = > "postcode=#PostCode#&building_name=#Premise#"> > > > > <CFSCRIPT> > > > > objXMLSend.Open("Post","http://www.GlobalDataManagement.co.uk/ > > clients/co > ors_brewers/2934/address/get_address.php?#str_PostData#", > > False); > > objXMLSend.Send(); > > str_Response = objXMLSend.responseText; > > </CFSCRIPT> > > <!--- Extract each address element form the result > > string ---> > > <CFIF FindNoCase("<error>",str_Response) eq 0> > > <CFSET start = > > FindNoCase("<line1>",str_Response)> > > <Cfset line1start = start + 7> > > <CFSET end = > > FindNoCase("</line1>",str_Response)> > > <CFSET address1 = > Mid(str_Response,line1start,end-line1start)> > > > > <CFSET start = > > FindNoCase("<line2>",str_Response)> > > <Cfset line2start = start + 7> > > <CFSET end = > > FindNoCase("</line2>",str_Response)> > > <CFSET address2 = > Mid(str_Response,line2start,end-line2start)> > > > > <CFSET start = > > FindNoCase("<line3>",str_Response)> > > <Cfset line3start = start + 7> > > <CFSET end = > > FindNoCase("</line3>",str_Response)> > > <CFSET address3 = > Mid(str_Response,line3start,end-line3start)> > > > > <CFSET start = > > FindNoCase("<town>",str_Response)> > > <Cfset townstart = start + 6> > > <CFSET end = FindNoCase("</town>",str_Response)> > > <CFSET town = > > Mid(str_Response,townstart,end-townstart)> > > > > <CFSET start = > > FindNoCase("<postcode>",str_Response)> > > <Cfset postcodestart = start + 10> > > <CFSET end = > > FindNoCase("</postcode>",str_Response)> > > <CFSET postcode = > > Mid(str_Response,postcodestart,end-postcodestart)> > > </CFIF> > > > > However, I will deny this code exists if anyone asks. And > If they ask > > where it cam from just say 5 fgJvbff Street, vghfghffh, TS13 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Snake Hollywood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 11 October 2003 21:31 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Valid address checker > > > > When I say addresses, I don't mean e-mail. I mean street addresses. > > > > E.g > > > > 1 sevenacres grove > > Valid address > > > > Sdklfjdkslfjdkl > > Invalid address > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Simon Horwith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 11 October 2003 21:08 > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Valid address checker > > > > > > > > > not to say that this is the best solution, but off of the > top of my > > > head one thing you can do is check to make sure that an address > > > username doesn't have more than 4 or 5 consanants in a > row... that's > > > an extremely rare case with legitimate addresses. You can also > > > finger addresses, but you then have to accept that > fingering isn't > > > going to work with web-based e-mail clients like hotmail, yahoo, > > > etc. Not last time I checked, anyway. This obviously > isn't going > > > to catch 100% of the garbage - but the odds are good that > whatever > > > it does catch, is garbage. > > > > > > ~Simon > > > > > > Simon Horwith > > > CTO, Etrilogy Ltd. > > > Member of Team Macromedia > > > Macromedia Certified Instructor > > > Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer > > > Certified Flash MX Developer > > > CFDJList - List Administrator > > > http://www.how2cf.com/ > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Snake Hollywood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 11 October 2003 19:49 > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [ cf-dev ] Valid address checker > > > > > > > > > Guys, > > > > > > I am really getting miffed with all the bogus signups on > cfdeveloper > > > now, it wastes my time having to sift through all the > bogus ones to > > > validate the legit ones. Does anyone have any kind of script that > > > can intelligently check form fields and identify > addresses or names > > > which are total garbage so I can reject them. I have > registered on > > > sites myself and just typed in junk and it has been > caught as junk, > > > so I know it's not an impossible request. > > > > > > Russ Michaels > > > Macromedia/Allaire Certified ColdFusion Developer > > > > > > CFDeveloper > > > The free resource and community for ColdFusion developer. > > http://www.cfdeveloper.co.uk > > > > Join the CFDeveloper discussion lists. > > To subscribe send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > ** Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > > human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ** Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > > human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > ** Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > > human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > ** Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%> 40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > > human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
